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Catharine Arnold takes us on a tour of Bedlam and examines London's attitude to madness along the way. We travel through the ages, from the barbaric `exorcisms' of the medieval period to the Tudor belief that a roast mouse, eaten whole, was the cure. We see the reforming zeal of eighteenth century campaigners and the development of the massive Victorian asylums. This was the era of the private madhouse, run by `traders in lunacy' who asked no questions and locked up insane and sane alike at the behest of greedy relatives. But it was also the age of the determined reformers who eventually made their way into Bedlam and exposed conditions of terrible deprivation and brutality
Originally published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2008
Includes bibliographical references and index
Map -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- Foundation -- Mediaeval madness and medicine -- Amad world, my masters -- Mystical bedlam -- The 'Palace Beautiful' -- The mirror of madness -- 'Our king is mad' -- Scandal! -- Under the dome -- Mad women -- Transformation -- Modern bedlam -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Catharine Arnold takes us on a tour of Bedlam and examines London's attitude to madness along the way. We travel through the ages, from the barbaric `exorcisms' of the medieval period to the Tudor belief that a roast mouse, eaten whole, was the cure. We see the reforming zeal of eighteenth century campaigners and the development of the massive Victorian asylums. This was the era of the private madhouse, run by `traders in lunacy' who asked no questions and locked up insane and sane alike at the behest of greedy relatives. But it was also the age of the determined reformers who eventually made their way into Bedlam and exposed conditions of terrible deprivation and brutality
Originally published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2008
Includes bibliographical references and index
Map -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- Foundation -- Mediaeval madness and medicine -- Amad world, my masters -- Mystical bedlam -- The 'Palace Beautiful' -- The mirror of madness -- 'Our king is mad' -- Scandal! -- Under the dome -- Mad women -- Transformation -- Modern bedlam -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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